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Unfortunately these pens are not suited to use as eyedropper pens (that is, filling the entire back of the pen body with ink) because of the metal components at the back of the section (corrosion risk).

 

I find nothing unfortunate about that. However, I do wish that either pen manufacturers across the industry, or at least some trust fountain pen enthusiast, would take the initiative to compile a list of what certain common "mods" some consumers and/or tinkerers apparently like to try (irrespective of whether they have any entitlement or reasonable expectation that something is available or would work), so everyone can decide whether to make a purchase eyes wide open, or voluntarily steer clear of certain brands and/or product lines, e.g.

  • Is there a nib exchange policy backed by the brand manufacturer? e.g. "I bought a Sailor pen with a Medium nib expecting it to write finer and more precisely than a 'Western' Medium nib from Aurora, Pelikan or JoWo, but it turned out to be too similar and/or too wet. Can I swap it 'as new' for a Medium-Fine nib?"
  • Can I order a replacement or spare nib, as a retail customer, that I can easily swap into pen by self-service without being 'on my own' and voiding product warranty by doing so?
  • Can the pen model be used as an 'eyedropper' model, with the entire interior of the pen barrel serving as the ink reservoir, without voiding product warranty should leakage and/or corrosion occur, even though the model is clearly listed as being cartridge/converter-filled on the manufacture's web site?
  • Does this pen model take and work perfectly with a JoWo (or, alternatively, Bock) #6 nib I source from some other party than the manufacturer and/or retailer of the pen in question?

Helping consumers narrow the field and filter out the candidates that won't satisfy their individual requirements is key to good decision-making; but not widening the possibilities outside of the products' designs is not really a matter of either fortune or luck.

 

Their Medium would equate to a European Fine?

 

I'm afraid you'll have to see and decide for yourself. My "European Fine" nibs don't all write the same, and I haven't got statistics from thousands of "European Fine" nibs to say what's "average" and/or representative of the category.

 

Is the converter capacity only an issue if you are using a really thirsty nib?

 

Speaking as someone with over two dozen Sailor cartridge/converter-filled pens, as far as I'm concerned, yes; and then it also depends on how many pages you want to write with a pen (with a Music nib?) in an afternoon.

Edited by A Smug Dill

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I had two Sailor broad (H-B)14c nibs, one on a Pro Gear Slim Fire Spec. Ed. & another on a 1911S. I kept the broad nib unmodified on my Pro Gear Slim. Writes more like a European M nib. Perfect, out-of-the-box, smooth with a touch of feedback. My only factory nib.

The B nib on my 1911S was stubbed by Pendleton Brown to a lovely 0.4 mm. BLS.

 

I've a 14 c. MS nib ground to a 1.1 mm. cursive italic & another 14c. MS ground to a 0.8 mm. stub (both nibs by John Mottishaw at nibs.com). Could not get used to the Music nib as it came from Sailor, but the massive tipping on these nibs made them a great candidate for italic customization.

 

If you are pleased with the performance of your Sailor MS nib, then all the better. Enjoy! :D

Massive tipping on the Music nib is right. For now, I'm still having fun with it as is. Down the road, you never know, I might have it ground.

 

Thanks Tinta for confirming that I indeed want to get the broad nib. What you wrote pretty much echoes everything I've read on the performance of the B.

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